habitant
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
habitant
▶noun
- 1 /abiːˈtɒ̃/ an early French settler in Canada (especially Quebec) or Louisiana.
- 2 /ˈhabɪt(ə)nt/ archaic an inhabitant.
– origin ME: from OFr., from habiter, from L. habitare ‘inhabit’.
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